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Pamela Speed Alison Teichgraeber English 1301 October 10, 2010 A Look into the Life of Hip-Hop The misunderstood subculture of music that many have come to know as â€Å"hip-hop† is given a critical examination by James McBride in his essay Hip-Hop Planet. McBride provides the reader with direct insight into the influence that hip-hop music has played in his life, as well as the lives of the American society. From the capitalist freedom that hip-hop music embodies to the disjointed families that plague this country, McBride explains that hip-hop music has a place for everyone. The implications that he presents in this essay about hip-hop music suggest that this movement symbolizes and encapsulates the struggle of various individual on†¦show more content†¦In his short overview of the origination of the Sugar Hill Gang in the mid 1970’s, the author makes it apparent the hip-hop grew out of necessity due to lack of funding in the art programs in New York City school system. This neoclassical movement of the mid 1970’s grew like a wildflower that spr outs through the cracks of a modern day concrete jungle. One of the more interesting implications that are presented in the later parts of this essay is the economic ramifications of the hip-hop culture. McBride paints the picture of a lower income Caucasian American teenager in Dayton, Ohio who finds truth in the story of hip-hop. McBride notes: Henry is a model American teenager—and the prototypical consumer at which the hip-hop industry is squarely aimed, which has his parents sitting up in their seats. The music that was once the purview of black America has gone white and gone commercial all at once. A sea of white faces now rises up to greet rap groups as they perform, many of the teenagers like Henry, a NASCAR fanatic and self-described redneck (468) The connection that is drawn between the formerly economically challenged rapper and the child whose parent works two jobs, and can’t pay his child’s college tuition is paramount in making this point. The illusion of the American dream is set through many hip-hop songs. The picture of the evolution of the rags to riches story is set by many rappers in current hip-hop culture, this picture is the basic premiseShow MoreRelated comparative advantage Essay1035 Words   |  5 Pagesnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The theory of comparative advantage is perhaps the most important concept in international trade theory. As the economies that exist in our world our becoming increasingly more intertwined, it is becoming even more important. 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